"I felt inadequate as a woman. I was afraid that I'd lose my life in pursuit of a baby." Her husband fronted the idea of adoption. She refused. "I felt like I was being condemned." #Surrogacy depends on and reinforces reductive notions of a woman's ...
There is mounting evidence that sexism is not the natural order of human society. When presented with this evidence, major organizations like @NatGeo deny the existence of misogyny by applying more of it, and by participating in ethnocentrism. ...
"Labor among recent hunter-gatherer societies is highly gendered, which might lead some to believe that sexist inequalities are 'natural'... sexual division of labor was different — likely more equitable — in our hunter-gatherer past." #SexNotGender ...
This is an example of ethnocentrism being debunked, only to have ethnocentrism applied to the debunking. Any excuse to deny sexism and the existence of patriarchy. #SexNotGender https://t.co/QLWPXw...
The pandemic has intensified attacks on garment (sweatshop) workers, of whom around 90% are women, while also providing the perpetrators with political cover. Campaigners report job losses and jailing of those airing grievances. #SexNotGender ...
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A 17-year-old boy allegedly raped a woman in her thirties and made a video of the act which he posted on the social media. The victim's in-laws saw the video and threw her out of the house. #SexNotGender #MVAW https://t.co/Pzh14T...
A court in the city of Ica has acquitted an accused rapist based on the colour of his accuser's underwear in a decision that sparked outrage in Peru. The ruling claimed women only wear red knickers when intending to have sex. #SexNotGender #MVAW ...
The older girl was allegedly raped by dozens of policemen, while her underaged cousin was stripped and assaulted. According to the mum, objects were also used during the horrific assault while they were in police custody. #SexNotGender #MVAW ...
A young female patient in an Indian hospital was allegedly gang-raped by a doctor and staff and then murdered. A rape occurs every 15 minutes and 90 each day on average — according to government data. #SexNotGender #MVAW https://t.co/NRPk8W...
Outrage erupted in Brazil over video footage of a rape trial where the defendant's attorney verbally attacked and humiliated the alleged victim, leaving her in tears and vainly begging the judge to intervene. #JusticeforMariFerr... #SexNotGender ...
"There have always been women warriors in northern China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Korea,” says Christine Lee, who discovered the remains of warrior women in Mongolia, who lived in a nomadic society where someone like Mulan would have lived. ...
Khoon bas is a cease blood tradition to resolve disputes among nomadic tribes, whereby in the case of conflict, the offending tribe will offer a sacrificial woman to be married by a member of the wronged tribe. #SexNotGender #GirlsNotBrides ...
Skeletal evidence from hunter-gatherers in California and herders in Mongolia suggests that women warriors once existed in those populations. Traditional views of females being largely responsible for gathering food may be too simplistic. ...
A rising number of elderly women are killed for "witchcraft" in Kenya. "My mother pleaded with her assailants to spare her life. She had been marked, it was just a matter of when. She lived alone.. I bet there is a scheme to sell her land." ...
"No one had really thought that women were involved in making this pottery,” says Sarah Murray, a classical archaeologist at the University of Toronto. “There was no argument. It was just taken as the default.” #SexNotGender https://t.co/fbkbeh...
Thai users spent more time on Pornhub than any other country last year. The country is notorious for sex trafficking of women and children. #ShutItDown #TraffickingHub https://t.co/dfGnWK...
A recently published UCD study suggests that “the path of autism in girls in Ireland is marked by diagnostic delays, social stigma, interpersonal difficulties, mental health comorbidities and parental stress." #SexNotGender https://t.co/rKQQ1x...
As Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector collapses, pregnant women are being forced to pay bribes to get help with giving birth, with reports of babies being born in queues outside maternity clinics. #SexNotGender https://t.co/cVWfOo...
"Poland’s government has delayed implementation of a controversial court ruling that would outlaw almost all abortion after it prompted the largest protests since the fall of communism." Solidarity with Polish women ⚡ #WyrokNaKobiety #StrajKobiet ...
Politicians have pushed the narrative that the polio vaccination is a western conspiracy being forced on Pakistan, and is violating Islam by allowing women to work. Female polio workers are often the only women seen on Chaman’s streets. #SexNotGender ...
"In terms of [rape] cases — in 2018, the Malawi Police Service recorded a total of 1,539 cases. In 2019, we recorded a total of 1,766, whereas in 2020, between January and September, we have recorded a total of 1,501 cases." #SexNotGender ...